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Definition 2024

walk_a_tightrope

walk a tightrope

English

Verb

to walk a tightrope

(idiomatic) To undertake a precarious course of action.
The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly.

Translations

to undertake a precarious course

Arabic:
Armenian: խուսավարել ‎(xusavarel), խուսանավել (hy) ‎(xusanavel)
Catalan:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 走鋼絲 (zh), 走钢丝 (zh) ‎(zǒugāngsī)
Czech:
Dutch:
Finnish: taiteilla (fi)
French: être sur le fil, être sur le fil du rasoir (fr)

Hindi:
Italian: camminare sul filo del rasoio
Japanese:
Korean:
Polish: balansować na krawędzi, stąpać po kruchym lodzie (pl)
Portuguese: andar na corda bamba
Russian: ходи́ть по ле́звию ножа́ ‎(xodítʹ po lézviju nožá) (walk on a knife blade)
Spanish: andar en la cuerda floja
Vietnamese: